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Deputies: Woman turned off husband's oxygen machine, held knife at him

73-year-old says she 'accidentally stepped' on oxygen tube during argument

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Updated: 12:00 AM EDT Sep 27, 2012

A 73-year-old woman was arrested after her husband said she turned off his oxygen machine and pointed a kitchen knife at him as if she was going to stab him, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office deputies said.Edwina Markowski was arrested Wednesday on an aggravated assault charge.IMAGES: Have You Seen Death Row's Female Faces?According to the arrest report, Markowski and her 75-year-old husband, who was in a wheelchair, were arguing when he said she "turned off the oxygen machine and broke his hose." He said Markowski then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and "held it like she was going to stab him."Markowski "admitted to getting the knife and said she thought about cutting" him, but she eventually put the knife back, the report stated.MUGSHOTS: Who Got Arrested In South Florida?According to Markowski's statement form, she and her husband were arguing because she wanted their 26-year-old grandson to take the sheets and mattress off his bed. Markowski said her husband called her a name and told her she "had no say on anything."When she went to the master bedroom to "discuss things" with her husband, Markowski said she "accidentally stepped" on his oxygen tube.Markowski told her grandson she wanted him to move out, but her husband said he didn't have to and told her killing him would make her happier. Markowski said that's when she got the steak knife, but she thought it "is not worth sitting in jail and put it back."Markowski's husband said in his statement form that she tried hitting and biting him before she broke his tube and grabbed the knife. He said he called 911 while he was fixing his oxygen tank.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | Social9146236

FORT PIERCE, Fla. —

A 73-year-old woman was arrested after her husband said she turned off his oxygen machine and pointed a kitchen knife at him as if she was going to stab him, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office deputies said.

Edwina Markowski was arrested Wednesday on an aggravated assault charge.

According to the arrest report, Markowski and her 75-year-old husband, who was in a wheelchair, were arguing when he said she "turned off the oxygen machine and broke his hose." He said Markowski then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and "held it like she was going to stab him."

Markowski "admitted to getting the knife and said she thought about cutting" him, but she eventually put the knife back, the report stated.

According to Markowski's statement form, she and her husband were arguing because she wanted their 26-year-old grandson to take the sheets and mattress off his bed. Markowski said her husband called her a name and told her she "had no say on anything."

When she went to the master bedroom to "discuss things" with her husband, Markowski said she "accidentally stepped" on his oxygen tube.

Markowski told her grandson she wanted him to move out, but her husband said he didn't have to and told her killing him would make her happier. Markowski said that's when she got the steak knife, but she thought it "is not worth sitting in jail and put it back."

Markowski's husband said in his statement form that she tried hitting and biting him before she broke his tube and grabbed the knife. He said he called 911 while he was fixing his oxygen tank.